How much do you spend on extracurricular activities per month?

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We spend £100 per dc! Fortunately some of the activities mean we don't need childcare after school but I was still surprised when I added it up.

£226. 3 DC but all but £25 of that is on DC1. (DC3 is a baby). DC1 is the only primary school age child at the moment and enjoying lots of activities including one very expensive one.

Hmmm, I've worked that I pay around £420 a month, mainly on DD1 and DD2 as one is a "pro" (haha) ice skater and the other is a swimmer. DD1 also has violin lessons. It also includes swimming for DS2 and hockey for all 4.

It does not include cycling race fees (for DS1) at about £30 a month, nor does it include various broken bike parts (he loves downhill riding and is constantly wearing out bike parts), or any sort of kit (the list is endless). We are also members of our local tennis club which I pay an annual fee for too, plus we pay a small amount (around £25 a term each child, for primary school clubs). I have realised looking at this that DS2 is a bit neglected lol, he only does swimming, which he is not particularly fond of but is a good skill to have......

Saying that, I wouldn't have it any other way, we can't afford private education for four children so I made a conscious decision to involve them in lots of extra-curricular as I think it's really beneficial and they love it. I pay for it, as dh does not really consider 4 hours each of swimming and skating to be beneficial in life and he probably has a point lol, but the skills they learn are valuable, as is playing for a team etc so I think it's important. I am waiting for the day that one of them gives something up, but reserve the right to sign DS2 up for a couple more activities lol !

£75 swimming lessons for them both
£40 private music lessons for dc1
£30 school music lessons for dc1
£15 subs to Cubs for dc1
£15 subs to Beavers for Dc2
£25 school music lesson for Dc2

Blooming heck that's 200 quid for the two of them.

Dancing Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. Weekly bill £33.50 plus competitions most Sundays around £30 (plus petrol, food and sometimes hotels), plus £10 for each private lesson - usually 1-2 a month.
Plus a second mortgage for costumes.
DD is damn lucky she is an only child!

so what activity comes in as the most expensive per hour do we think then? dancing, music and horse riding look likely reading this. our dancing adds up in a week because of the amount they do but £6.50 an hour doesn't actually seem bad value to me.

Get horse riding down to £11.50 per hour

£11.50 an hour!?!?!?!?! OMG I feel relieved now mine do dancing.

I suppose though are riding lessons 1 to 1? private dance lessons are £15 for half an hour so I suppose it is all fair enough really. just sounds so much.

Way too much money.
Violin (the real killer)
Guitar
Tennis
Latin/French.
Football
Rugby

2 kids.

£100pm on one 6 year old, that's for karate twice a week, football (practices and game) three times a week, swimming once a week. Plus grading fees and kits.

£50 per child per month for swimming and ballet but they are only 6 - I can only see it increasing!

Oh we pay something for rainbows too but I can't remember how much.

Riding lessons just gone upto £20 for half hour lesson. She only has one a fortnight, if only she didn't enjoy it so much....

£9 a week for 15y DD - singing and drama, 2 hours one evening each week, term time. Plus £15 for an hour's maths tutor a week, which we do every week we are not physically any on holiday inc school holidays.

So over the year it works out at approx £85-90 a month.

Was more when she was younger as she did more activities such as swimming, Brownies, piano, as well as the drama.

I think around £170 for ds 11's dance, plus competition expenses over the year. Ds also has a few art and craft projects which o would guess another 20-40 a month, also home educated so I hate too think some months. All so worth it though.

DS (SEN)has to have 1.1 activities, so swimming, horse riding, football and gym £400 per month.

DD2 swimming £60 horse riding £50, tennis £40, gardening club £20 so £170

DD1 is a teen so no longer does activities after school.

£570 per month for two children.

Dd (12)
Violin lessons £60pm
Netball possibly about £20 pm not sure as she's in various different training squads and all have different fees payable at different times. Netball Trainers approx £120 every term (they don't last due to the impact).
Guides approx £30 per term

Ds (14)

Rowing £33 per month + entry fees

Here per hour music lessons would be £11 more than horse riding. But music lessons are only 30 min, On the other hand we have 5 music lessons a week, so that's , well, a lot...

My youngest child (8) has just under £200 spent on dance classes every four weeks. Which sounds quite shocking, to me, but we know other people who do more. This is for two dance schools and competition team. However almost £140 of that is spent on two private lessons per week (ballet).
Sibling only has approx £50 per month, dance (non competitive) and Scouts, but extra associated costs of the many camps and trips.

I'm too scared to add it up. We have four children who between them do riding, swimming, Scouts, Cubs, Beavers, athletics, tutoring, fencing, drama, cross country training, school swimming lessons ....and I think that's it. I imagine around £500 a month probably (the tutoring alone for two is £260).

Jufus and strong swan - I'd forgotten about competition expenses. It can add up can't it, the entry fees and travel etc. The costumes too. Though some of the children here have £500 tutus, we don't spend anywhere near that amount!

endehors - we do freestyle...I usually buy secondhand but some parents who are mad clearly rich spend upwards of £1500 on a suit. I spend around £3-400 a year on Dad's suits.

Cost per month is probably in the region of £450 for 1 DD, but she does full-time theatre school in holidays which is around £350/week so that all adds up.

Cost includes each week:
2 x ballet classes
1 x gymnastics class
1 x guitar lesson
1 x singing lesson (hideously expensive but results suggest worth it)
3 hrs Musical Theatre

Plus all the costs of shoes, tights, leotards, exam fees etc. DH and I split the costs but I imagine it's around £7k a year for absolutely everything... yikes.

She is aiming for full-time vocational school at 11, so we will gain school fees but lose most of the extras as she will do them at school.

Between 2 DC (DD 10 DS nearly 8), they all charge at different times and some go year round rather than termtime, but roughly:

Both - Trampolining (fortnightly) £10 x2
Both - Rock climbing (fortnightly) £15 x2
DD - Tap £18
DD - Ballroom £15
DD - Ballet £25
Both - St John Ambulance £6 x2
DD - Gym/acrobatics (1 hour of each) £60
DS - Tae kwon do £26

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They are home educated though and didn't (couldn't) do anything really while at school apart from the odd free thing. They are autistic and we prioritise the clubs as a way of socialising/keeping active and particularly for DD as increasing self confidence. It's our biggest expense really.

They might also start doing parkour, drama and aerial skills but it depends if we can fit it in. We don't drive so a lot of time is spent on buses! Those activities tend to be PAYG anyway rather than something we need to commit to.

Ah freestyle, jufus. Some of the costumes can be expensive even second hand. My daughter has the usual dance school solos, ballet, tap, modern, Greek etc.

I'm not fond of the competition scene personally, though it's not all bad, but it helps so much with the performance side.